The Wind Cap
শিক্ষার্থীরা, আপনাদের Pathnexa ওয়েবসাইট এ স্বাগতম । এই পোস্ট এ Class 8 English এর ' The Wind Cap ' এর Question & Answer পাবে। তাই The Wind Cap অধ্যায়ের সম্পূর্ণ প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর জানতে পোস্ট টি শেষ পর্যন্ত পড়ুন ।
Activity - 1
Tick ( ✔️ ) the correct alternative :
(i) The lad had wanted to be a - (a) doctor, (b) sportsman, (c) sailor .
Ans: (c) sailor.
(ii) Mother told the Lat that he knew the smell of the - (a) soil, (b) food, (c) flower.
Ans: (a) soil.
(iii) Jon put the turtle on his - (a) back, (b) head, (c) hand.
Ans: (b) head.
(iv) The fairy men wanted to know Jon's - (a) age, (b) name, (c) heart's desire.
Ans: (c) heart's desire.
Activity - 2
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes :
Ans:
- Jon met the tiny green turtle - [2]
- Mother said Jon was a farmer's son. - [1]
- The turtle changed to the tiny green fairy man. - [4]
- Jon plucked turtle from the head. - [3]
- Jon did not express his wish. - [6]
- Jon bowed back. - [5]
Activity - 3
Answer the following question :
Why do you think Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head ?
Ans: Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head because there was no chance for the turtle to run over by any means or to be hurt. So he placed it on his head.
Activity - 4
Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
(a) The cap that sailors most desire would be gifted by the fairy man.
(b) Seeing a ship anchored near the shore he requested the captain to take him along.
(c) By twisting the cap, Jon could Summon the east wind and the west wind.
(d) Jon desired to see the land because for a year and a day he hadn't set foot on land.
Activity - 5
Answer the following question:
(a) Why did the fairy man offer Jon the wind cap ?
Ans: the fairy man offered Jon the wind cap because Jon put him on his head like a hat to keep him safe.
(b) What was the condition that was associated with the wind cap ?
Ans: the condition was that no human hand will ever be able to take it off from his head.
(c) Why did Jon become popular with the sailors?
Ans: He was popular becouse it was wind that sailors called for the Jon could supply the wind.
Activity - 6
Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) Jon never dreamt about the land. [F]
S.S. : Jon could not stop dreaming of the land.
(b) The squall was called up because Jon was sleeping. [F]
S.S. : The cap on his head twested round the about. It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.
(c) The captain was angry with Jon. [T]
S.S. : In anger the grabbed him by the tail of his striped cap twisted him three and flung him out to the sea.
(d) Jon did not return the wind cap to the fairy man. [F]
S.S. : Jon placed the wind cap under a stone where he knew the fairy man would find it.
Activity - 7
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the sailors try to rip off the cap from Jon's head ?
Ans: The sailors triped to rip off the cap from Jon's head because the wind had been whirling about the ship tearing the saile and snabing the snaps.
(b) How did Jon divide his time between land and sea?
Ans: Jon spent half the year on a ship and half on the land.
(c) Do you think Jon was rightly called captain Turtle ? Give reason for your answer.
Ans: Jon was rightly called captain turtle as he could live on land and sea both comfortably just like it turtle. And he was as much at home on water as he was on land.
(d) Why did Jon want to return the wind cap to the fairy man ?
Ans: John wanted to return the wind cap to the fairy man because he could not manage the cap and the cap caused a lot of turtle.
Activity - 8(a)
Underline the verbs in the following sentences that suggest action that began in the past and are still continuing:
Ans:
- They have been travelling for ten hours.
- They thanked me for what I have been doing.
- The baby has been sleeping all day.
This kind of tense is called present perfect continuous tense.
Activity - 8(b)
Underline the verbs in the following sentences which suggest actions that began before a certain point in the past and continued up to that time.
Ans:
- They had been playing in the field for an hour before mother called them.
- When I visited my uncle he had been teaching in a school there for five years.
- Rita had been studying in our school for the last eight years since I met her.
This kind of tense is called past perfect continuous tense.
Activity - 8(c)
Fill in the blanks with either the present perfect continuous or past perfect continuous tense:
(i) The rain ___ when I left home. (pour)
Ans: has been pouring.
(ii) The engineers ____ the bridge for the past few months. (build)
Ans: had been building.
(iii) The performars ____ since evening. (sing)
Ans: had been singing.
(iv) At that time Mr. Roy ____ poems for one months. (write)
Ans: had been writing.
Activity - 9
Replace the underline words with their antonyms :
(a) Jon had always obeyed his mother.
Ans: disobeyed
(b) Jon began his first ever sea voyage.
Ans: finish
(c) He became very popular with the sailors.
Ans: unpopular
(d) In Jon's dream the sections turned rapidly.
Ans: slowly.
Activity - 10(a)
Imagine you ............................. sea voyage.
Ans: I will be very happy and excited because this is very interesting journey for me. When I will start my journey on the open see in a boat with waves rising all around me I will enjoy the journey. I will see many see animals from my boat.
Activity - 10(b)
Suppose ............................... wish was fulfilled.
Ans:
Dear Friend,
I am fine. How are you ? I am writing this letter to inform you that I finally going to take part in a drama . So I will perform on stage after a long time in our annual function of my school . For this reason I am very happy and excited. You must come on that day.
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